linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] firmware: add firmware to new device's devres list for second time cache

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Date:   Fri, 15 Sep 2017 21:46:31 -0700
From:   Kai-Heng Feng <kai.heng.feng@...onical.com>
To:     mcgrof@...nel.org
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Kai-Heng Feng <kai.heng.feng@...onical.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] firmware: add firmware to new device's devres list for
 second time cache

On Tue, Aug 22, 2017 at 12:52 AM, Kai-Heng Feng
<kai.heng.feng@...onical.com> wrote:
> Currently, firmware will only be chached if assign_firmware_buf() gets
> called.
>
> When a device loses its power or a USB device gets plugged to another
> port under suspend, request_firmware() can still find cached firmware,
> but firmware name no longer associates with the new device's devres.
> So next time the system suspend, those firmware won't be cached.
>
> Hence, we should add the firmware name to the devres when the firmware
> is found in cache, to make the firmware cacheable next time.
>
> Signed-off-by: Kai-Heng Feng <kai.heng.feng@...onical.com>
> ---
>  drivers/base/firmware_class.c | 4 ++++
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/base/firmware_class.c b/drivers/base/firmware_class.c
> index bfbe1e154128..a99de34e3fdc 100644
> --- a/drivers/base/firmware_class.c
> +++ b/drivers/base/firmware_class.c
> @@ -1177,6 +1177,10 @@ _request_firmware_prepare(struct firmware **firmware_p, const char *name,
>
>         ret = fw_lookup_and_allocate_buf(name, &fw_cache, &buf, dbuf, size);
>
> +       /* device might be a new one, add it to devres list */
> +       if (ret == 0 || ret == 1)
> +               fw_add_devm_name(device, name);
> +
>         /*
>          * bind with 'buf' now to avoid warning in failure path
>          * of requesting firmware.
> --
> 2.14.1
>

*A gentle ping here*